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Early Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Fatal Brain Swelling in Ischemic Stroke
Stroke 30:287-292, Krieger,D.W.,et al, 1999
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Article Abstract
Patients with baseline NIHSS score >20 with left or >15 with right hemispheric infarctions within 6 hours of symptom onset who also have nausea/vomiting or >50% middle cerebral artery territory hypodensity are at high risk for developing fatal brain swelling.
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